New Lessons on Life in Islamic School
Monday, December 18, 2000
A gifted teacher runs an Islamic school he established 12 years ago. It's especially for children of former members of the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). In recognition of his efforts, an American nonprofit and nonpolitical institution has pledged a monthly grant of Rp1.8 million.
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SUDARNO, a teacher from Bingkat, Deliserdang regency, North Sumatra province, used all his acumen to persuade parents in the area to send their children to school, but to no avail. "What's the use of school?" the parents argued. "They won't even be allowed to work as plantation laborers, let alone become civil servants." Bingkat was a hotbed of BTI, a farmers' organization affiliated to PKI, and most parents there, including Sudarno's, once belonged to i
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